Liverpool have taken their summer spending to about £170m with the signing of left-back Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth in a deal worth £40m. The 21-year-old Hungary international has signed a five-year contract with the Reds. Kerkez is Liverpool’s third major signing of the transfer window, following the arrival of attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz and right-back...
Liverpool have agreed a £40m deal to sign left-back Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth. The 21-year-old Hungary international is set to join the Premier League champions after two seasons with the Cherries. Bournemouth have already signed Adrien Truffert from Rennes as his replacement. Liverpool’s deal for Kerkez comes with the Reds close to completing a club-record...
Champions Liverpool will host Bournemouth on the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Premier League season, with Manchester United playing Arsenal at Old Trafford. Liverpool, who won the league in Arne Slot’s first season in charge, will begin their title defence at Anfield in the curtain-raiser on Friday, 15 August. Newly promoted Sunderland, back in the...
To see one of your children become a professional sportsperson would be a dream for many – but what about two? Meet the Bevan brothers Taylor – an unbeaten pro boxer, signed with fight promoter Eddie Hearn – and Owen, a footballer at Premier League side AFC Bournemouth. Both are on the verge of the...
Seven beach huts have been destroyed and two others damaged in an overnight blaze. Crews were called to East Beach on Bournemouth seafront at about 01:20 BST where flames had engulfed several huts and part of the cliff. The fire was out by 03:00 BST and an investigation into the cause is under way. Bournemouth,...
Andoni Iraola says that his side needed to be at their “very very best” to beat Manchester City, but after falling to a 3-1 defeat his side now cannot qualify to play in Europe next season. MATCH REPORT: Man City beat Bournemouth to close in on Champions League Available to UK users only. Read full...
Brighton, Brentford and Bournemouth all have an outside chance of qualifying for Europe – but need Chelsea to win the Conference League and finish seventh in the Premier League. The final matches in the Premier League take place on Sunday and there is still a scenario in which 10 of the teams, external would be...
Departing midfielder Kevin de Bruyne will receive a farewell from Manchester City after his final home game against Bournemouth on Tuesday. The Belgian announced last month he will leave City after 10 years when his contract expires at the end of the season. The 33-year-old has won 16 trophies since joining from Bundesliga club Wolfsburg...
Huijsen ranks highly in many different categories for Premier League defenders to play at least 1,000 minutes this season, per 90 minutes. Second for clearances Third for interceptions Fourth for headed clearances Fourth for successful long passes Sixth for centre-backs playing passes ending in the final third 11th for forward passes 15th for fewest goals...
Huijsen has chosen Real and will return to Spain where he grew up, playing for Costa Unida CF academy in Marbella and Malaga’s youth team. Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso, who is set to replace Carlo Ancelotti as Real manager, has been instrumental in the decision to sign the defender and prioritised signing a young...
Early exits from the Champions League and EFL Cup mean City will play a total of 57 games in all competitions this season. Last season they played 59, while in the 2022-23 Treble-winning campaign they had 61 games. With 60, Tottenham and United will both play more matches than any other Premier League club this...
Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott suffered a fractured jaw from what manager Andoni Iraola described as a “very violent” elbow by Aston Villa’s Tyrone Mings. The 21-year-old midfielder went down in the sixth minute after being caught by Mings’ right elbow in Saturday’s Premier League defeat at Vitality Stadium. Scott required lengthy treatment but continued to...
Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola says Aston Villa “managed” the game better than his side in the visitors’ 1-0 Premier League win at Vitality Stadium. Read full article at source...
Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery praises the “fantastic” Ollie Watkins as the striker becomes the club’s all-time leading scorer in the Premier League with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium. MATCH REPORT: Bournemouth 0-1 Aston Villa Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Match of the Day pundit Joe Hart shows how “streetwise” Bournemouth punished Arsenal from set-pieces. Read full article at source...